Glen Farley has covered the Patriots for The Enterprise since the Raymond Berry regime.

Investigation continues in North Attleboro

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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod
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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod at Gillette Stadium.

NORTH ATTLEBORO —State Police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez Wednesday as they continued to investigate a possible homicide after a man's body was found nearby.

The body of Odin Lloyd, 27, of Boston, was found Monday in a field in an industrial park, less than a mile from Hernandez's home. Sources told ABC news that the man was an "associate" of Hernandez.

Lloyd was a semi-pro football player, who was a linebacker for the Boston Bandits.

ABC News reported police were executing a search warrant.

Hernandez is not believed to be a murder suspect, but a 2013 Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island license plate rented in his name has emerged as a key piece of evidence in the investigation.

State police were at Hernandez's 5,600 square-foot home for nearly four hours Tuesday afternoon and evening. Residents in the upscale neighborhood said the scene is upsetting.

"My son didn't want to come out because he was a little intimidated, but like I said there is a lot of action anyway, a lot of action with Patriots players being here," neighbor Susan Mayer said.

Police were seen talking to two men as they attempted to drive from Hernandez's house. Minutes later, each was escorted away.

A jogger found the Lloyd's body at about 5 p.m. on Monday.

"Kid came up knocking on the window, said he saw somebody laying down, not moving and my boss and I went down and saw a guy dead there," said a man who works in the industrial park.

"I am aware of the reports, but I do not anticipate that we will be commenting publicly during an ongoing police investigation," said Patriots spokesman Stacey James.

Hernandez, 23, was born in Bristol, Conn. The New England native played college football at the University of Florida from 2007 to 2009 and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft.

In 2012, the Patriots signed Hernandez to a five-year extension, running through 2018, that includes a $12.5 million signing bonus, the largest signing bonus ever given to an NFL tight end.